Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2017
New appointments to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee
7 August 2017 - The Minister for Health has made further appointments to the membership of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Advisory Committee – a new Deputy Chairperson and two new appointments.
Ms Jo Watson has been appointed as the PBAC’s inaugural Deputy Chairperson. Ms Watson has extensive experience as a PBAC member and is also the Chair of the Health Technology Assessment Consumer Consultative Committee, formed to improve consumer engagement in the area of Health Technology Assessment.
The other two appointments are Dr (Peter) Shane Hamblin (specialist medical practitioner, endocrinologist) and Professor Phoebe Joy Ho (haematologist).
